Land of Sunshine, Volume 1, Issue 1F. A. Pattee & Company, 1910 Includes reports, etc., of the Southwest Society of the Archaeological Institutes of America. |
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Page 3 - Provided, That such permits shall be allowed within or through any of said parks or any forest, military, Indian, or other reservation only upon the approval of the chief officer of the department under whose supervision such park or reservation falls and upon a finding by him that the same is not incompatible with the public interest...
Page 7 - The city and county of San Francisco will develop the Lake Eleanor site to its full capacity before beginning the development of the Hetch Hetchy site, and the development of the latter will be begun only when the needs of the city and county of San Francisco, and adjacent cities which may join with it in obtaining a common water supply, may require such further development.
Page 3 - ... for canals, ditches, pipes and pipe lines, flumes, tunnels, or other water conduits, and for water plants, dams, and reservoirs used to promote irrigation or mining or quarrying, or the manufacturing or cutting of timber or lumber, or the supplying of water for domestic, public, or any other beneficial uses...
Page 11 - This, with the peninsula supply, will furnish about 95,000,000 gallon:! of water per day, which can be increased by additional dams and raising some existing dams so as to supply considerably more than 100,000,000 gallons per day, or more than enough to supply the wants of San Francisco during the next forty years and at reasonable cost.
Page 7 - ... is herewith attached as to the sufficiency of the Lake Eleanor reservoir site when fully developed, and in view of the importance of the public interests involved in this matter, and the Government's obligation in connection therewith, I feel it my duty to call upon you to show why the Hetch-Hetchy Valley and reservoir site should not be eliminated from said permit.
Page 7 - ... full enjoyment thereof, under regulations fixed by the Secretary of the Interior. 3. The city and county of San Francisco will develop the Lake Eleanor site to its full capacity before beginning the development of the Hetch Hetchy site, and the development of the latter will be begun only when the needs of the city and county of San Francisco, and adjacent cities which may join with it in obtaining a common water supply, may require such further...
Page 3 - Congress, on February 15, 1901, provided specifically: "The Secretary of the Interior * * * is authorized * * * to permit the use of rights of way through * * * the Yosemite, Sequoia and General Grant National Parks, California, for * * * water conduits and for water plants, dams, and reservoirs, used to promote * * * the supply of water for domestic, public, or other beneficial uses...
Page 76 - GEORGE OTIS SMITH, DIRECTOR OF THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. Mr. SMITH. Of course, the purpose of this bill we are considering is like that of any other general legislation, simply to conserve the public welfare and, in this case, the specific end is public welfare through hydroelectric development on the public lands. As I look at it, the parties whose interests...
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